In this episode we talk to Maria
Vorontsova, who is a botanist at Kew Gardens, who was born in
Russia and came to the UK when she was young. We talk about her
experiences of religion and atheism in regards to her Russian roots
and in her interactions with people during her field work in
Africa. What does it mean to be an atheist? Does atheism mean that
someone doesn’t have a moral compass? Where does atheism fit in
with interfaith dialog, and why does the interfaith dialog NOT
include atheism?

Maria Vorontsova studies
grasses and everything about them at the Kew Botanic Gardens in the
UK, with a particular focus on tropical African diversity and
poorly known lineages, their evolutionary history, and the history
of tropical grasslands and savannas. She is also interested in the
history and development of classifications and in botanical
nomenclature and bibliography. She looks after GrassBase and
develop it to bring together global taxonomic knowledge across all
Poaceae and to build it into a broad research utility. If it is
about grasses, she wants to hear about it!

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This Week In Heresy is about stories: the stories of those who generally go unheard in mainstream progressive thought and spirituality. While Rev. Gina is not doing interviews anymore, these interviews will stay available in the name of radical inclusion and interfaith cooperation. If you have any questions, or would like to syndicate an interview, please email Rev. Gina at worthyadvisor@gmail.com.